Sony Chemicals Corporation (ソニーケミカル株式会社, Sonī Kemikaru Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese company established 1962, and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation. In 2008, Sony Chemical & Information Device transferred its thermal transfer ink ribbon business to Dai Nippon Printing. In 2012, Sony Chemicals Corporation was separated from Sony Group and renamed Dexerials Corporation.[1][2][3] As of 2020, Sekisui Chemical is the largest shareholder of the corporation.

Dexerials Corporation
Native name
Japanese name
Kanjiソニーケミカル株式会社
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnSonī Kemikaru Kabushiki-gaisha
IndustryElectronics
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Headquarters,
Japan Edit this on Wikidata
ParentSony Corporation (until 2012)
SubsidiariesSony Chemicals Corporation of America
Websitewww.dexerials.jp Edit this on Wikidata

Holdings edit

Categories of product edit

  • Electronic materials and parts
  • Joining materials
  • Others

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201209/12-146E/ Sony Completes Transfer of Chemical Products Businesses
  2. ^ "Evertiq - Sony Chemicals changes its name to Dexerials Corporation".
  3. ^ [1] Company information giving the history of the company including its former name and status as a former Sony Corp